Associations of body size and morphology with cardiometabolic health in children: the contribution of genetic factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We analyzed how anthropometric measures predict cardiometabolic health and how genetic and environmental factors contribute to these associations.

Methods

Data on 8 indicators of cardiometabolic health, 21 anthropometric measures, and 11 anthropometric indices were available for 216 twin pairs of individuals age 3 to 18 years living in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal (51% girls). Genetic twin modeling was used to estimate genetic and environmental correlations between the cardiometabolic and anthropometric indicators.

Results

Anthropometric indicators were positively associated with blood pressure and triglycerides and inversely associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The associations with glucose, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

SUBMITTER: Silventoinen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664301 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature